[Updated, 7:39 p.m. — Luol Deng has officially been ruled out against the Nets.]

Miami will be severely shorthanded in tonight’s game at Brooklyn as Dwyane Wade continues to sit with a strained left hamstring. The Heat likely will be down another starter in Luol Deng, who sprained his right wrist in Sunday’s loss to Milwaukee.…

Miami coach Erik Spoelstra made a surprising choice to fill Dwyane Wade’s spot in the starting lineup tonight at Atlanta. James Ennis, a rookie small forward, will get the call for the first time in his career.…

He declared the maintenance plan was out the window and is backing it up. He was outstanding in the Heat’s 105-96 victory at Dallas on Sunday, which was significant because it was his sixth game in nine days.

Wade played three back-to-backs last season. He just played three in the last nine days.…

Erik Spoelstra maintains that there is no “point guard controversy” for his team, but he has been evasive when asked about the competition between Mario Chalmers and Norris Cole for the starting job.

Cole has started three of the four preseason games, but Chalmers was out with a hip injury for essentially two of those. He was a full participant in practice Thursday and should be available when the Heat …

It is starting to feel a little late in the fall for an unsettled starting five.

Miami is still working on a starting point guard and a position-to-be-determined starter with two weeks remaining before the Oct. 29 season opener. The only fixtures in the lineup at the moment are Dwyane Wade, Luol Deng and Chris Bosh.…

Both sides can talk about getting their initial meeting out of the way, but it is unlikely a preseason game will dampen the intensity of the upcoming regular-season matchups between LeBron James and the Heat.…